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BGP/IP VPNs: BGP and CE-Based Virtual Private Networks
draft-berger-l3vpn-ip-tunnels-01

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Lou Berger , Ron Bonica , Russ White
Last updated 2007-10-24
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Abstract

This memo describes a routing architecture that is most applicable to Customer Edge (CE)-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). In this architecture, customer devices use BGP to exchange VPN routes with one another. The BGP UPDATES include a new attribute that identifies the endpoint of a tunnel that can be used to reach a particular VPN prefix. The encapsulation strategy described in this memo is more flexible than that described in RFC 4364. In this architecture, the edge router can encapsulate the original datagram twice, as in RFC 4364. In this case, the inner header provides VPN context and the outer header identifies the tunnel between edge routers. Alternatively, the edge router can encapsulate the original datagram only once, with the tunnel providing both VPN context and identifying a tunnel to the remote edge router.Contents

Authors

Lou Berger
Ron Bonica
Russ White

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